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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Simon Calder

Athens faces showdown with EU as Greece drops biometrics for British visitors

For a decade, the European Union has been working towards 100 per cent “digital borders”. The deadline for all Schengen area frontiers to collect biometrics from every third-country national under the EU entry-exit system was 10 April.

While some countries are fully compliant with the EES, Greece stunned the travel industry by announcing that British visitors will be exempt from providing fingerprints and facial biometrics this summer.

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